Happy Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful day we had and it was just the three of us! The weather was a balmy 70 degrees so we were able to spend the better part of the day outside. We have so much to be thankful for and enjoyed every minute of our day with our pride and joy, Carson.

I don't have much to update and I am super tired since Carson has an awful cold and cough and has been waking up at night and crying out for me to hold him. I am hoping it goes away soon so we can both get some more rest. Zzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

Here is our sick baby on his first Thanksgiving...

What a big boy!

I just had to update today with this video I took of Carson doing his latest and greatest trick! Our big boy can now get to a sitting position from the ground without any help from us. He's been working on it for quite some time and began by lying on his side as if he was doing side crunches. On Tuesday evening as Dan and I were entertaining him and talking, we looked over in amazement that he was actually up in a sitting position. Blair didn't mention him doing it over the course of the day so it really brought tears to my eyes knowing that he did it for mommy first!

The next morning I asked Blair about it and she said he was sitting up in his crib after his nap but she had no idea how he got that way so she actually didn't witness the act taking place! So now that he has practiced for the last few days, he has become a pro. This is good and bad. Good that we no longer have to help him sit up when he is bored rolling around but bad because it means our baby is growing up. Oh and another bad I can add to the list is that he is so into his new trick that he is doing it each time he wakes up but for some reason it hasn't clicked that he can lie back down and go back to sleep. The same type of thing happened when he began rolling to his belly. He would cry for us to roll him back over until he realized he can do it by himself. Luckily it only happened for 2 nights...knock on wood but he slept like a dream again last night!

Here's a video for your enjoyment. Oh and I know the socks don't match the outfit...I didn't dress him. You all know me better than that! :)

Happy 7 months little man!

I cannot believe our little guy is already 7 months old. This time last year I was just starting to wear maternity clothes and feeling flutters. It's just amazing that those gentle flutters are now an amazing little boy full of energy!

We had a great 7 month birthday and went to visit my very best friend from high school (Kristin) who was in town with her 2 youngest (yes she has 3 kids!) visting her parents. We had such a nice visit and Holland (4 1/2) and Ryder (3 1/2) made sure to tell me they just washed their hands before our arrival so they were allowed to touch the baby. They could not get enough of him and were giving him lots of kisses and head rubs...well more head rubs than anything else! It was too cute.

A cute story from our afternoon that made me laugh and made Dan laugh when I retold it to him tonight. Holland asked me to guess her age and she told me it started with a 4!! I began guessing 42, 47, 49 and she was clearly getting frustrated with me for not knowing it immediately and told me she was 4 and a half! Ohhhhhhh now I get it. How cute that it started with a 4.

Here is a pic of my BFF Kristin, Holland, Ryder and Lolo (that's what the grandkids call her!)

6 Month Well Visit

So even though Carson is turning 7 months old this weekend, we just had his 6 month well visit yesterday. I have a love/hate relationship with these appointments because I love seeing how much he has grown and I love getting all my questions answered from our pediatrician, but I can't express how much I hate hate hate the shots!

I know I am doing the right thing by keeping up to date with his vaccines but they freak me out. I know I shouldn't get my medical advice on the internet but lately there has been so much media attention on autism and the speculation of it being linked with vaccines. Quite honestly, it scares the poop out of me!

So back to the appointment. I love our pediatrician and he always makes me feel secure and happy with how Carson has been developing. His first comment to Carson yesterday was "I like what you have done with your hair" since as we all know Carson's hair stands straight up like a chicken! Carson was such a big boy and barely cried at all for his shots. His stats are as follows:

Weight - 18 lbs 12 oz
Length - 28 1/2 inches
Head Circ - 44.5 cm

He is a big boy and is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight. Our home scale weighed him at 20 lbs which is great for Dan and I since it means we also weigh a pound less!

Sweet Potatoes Success

We have been feeding solids to Carson since he was 4.5 months old but he would cry and scream and push the food back out all over the place. Clearly he was just not ready but we followed the advice of our pediatrician and stopped for a few weeks and restarted at 5.5 months.

It was still a big challenge but we were consistent with doing it every single night and trying a new food every 4 days. The boy loves his fruit and he seemed to get really into it in the past week. Today I introduced sweet potatoes again and something just clicked with him. He was diving for the spoon, opening his mouth and making the sweet sound of enjoyment! I had tears in my eyes - I was excited that he finally "got it" but also sad that my little baby is growing up. Dan was at the grocery store so he missed the whole thing but saw the proof of the empty jar of Earth's Best Sweet Potatoes on the counter when he got home.

Carson will be 7 months old this weekend and it blows my mind. I took the day off tomorrow since we finally have his 6 month well baby visit and I although I am excited to be a stay at home mommy for a day I am not looking forward to his shots. Vaccines just frighten me even though I trust our pedi and know I am doing the right thing. Wish us luck and I will report back with his stats. We think he is 20 lbs and 28 inches so we shall see. Stay tuned.

Happy Halloween - a day late!

We were so busy yesterday that I didn't get a chance to post. We started out going to Canton Square at 9 am for a pumpkin patch in the city! The owner of one of the restaurants brings in 100s of pumpkins for the local catholic school and all the kids get to come in their costumes and leave with a pumpkin and candy. We got there right before all the chaos so I was able to get some pictures.

It was a great 1st Halloween for Carson and we can't wait for next year!